Customer reference
XRF Scientific India Pvt Ltd.
XRF Scientific Limited is an Australian listed company (ASX: XRF) based in Perth, Western Australia, manufacturing equipment and chemicals used in the preparation of samples for analysis, distributed to production mines, construction material companies, and commercial analytical laboratories worldwide. With manufacturing, sales, and support facilities across Australia, Europe, the United States, Canada, and India, plus a global network of distributors, the company's technology measures the composition and purity of materials for industrial quality control and process control in industries like metals and mining, construction materials, chemicals, and petrochemicals.
Its products—including fusion equipment, consumables, sample preparation tools, instruments, and platinum labware—help customers improve product quality and productivity while reducing downtime and waste.
Industry
Manufacturing
Location
New Delhi, Delhi (IN), India
Implemented by
Case on Odoo
The context
Dynamic and reliable shipping cost management in Odoo Online
XRF Scientific India Pvt Ltd. is part of XRF Scientific Limited, a global manufacturer of analytical equipment and chemicals used for sample preparation and analysis across industries such as metals and mining, construction materials, chemicals, and petrochemicals.
Before the project, XRF Scientific India Pvt Ltd. was using Odoo Online without a tailored way to calculate and manage shipping costs based on the real value of each sale order. Shipping charges had to be handled manually, with no automated mechanism to apply a consistent, configurable shipping percentage and no safeguard against creating duplicated shipping lines on the same order.
The stakes were to control shipping margins precisely, avoid manual errors and duplicate charges, and ensure that shipping costs were applied consistently and transparently on every sale order, directly within Odoo Online.
Their needs
Automated, accurate shipping calculation within Odoo Online
XRF Scientific India Pvt Ltd. wanted a dynamic shipping cost calculation solution inside Odoo Online that could automatically apply a configurable shipping percentage on the sale order total while preventing duplicate shipping lines.
- Implement a dynamic shipping cost calculation based on a configurable percentage of the sale order total.
- Exclude existing shipping lines from the calculation so that only product lines are used as the basis for the shipping amount.
- Trigger shipping cost calculation from an easy-to-use control in the order header, directly within Odoo Online.
- Ensure that the shipping line is always accurate by updating an existing line instead of creating duplicates on the same order.
The proposed solution
A targeted Odoo enhancement for dynamic shipping costs
CAPTIVEA India - Odoo Partner began by performing a complete analysis of XRF Scientific India Pvt Ltd.'s Odoo environment to confirm feasibility, budget, approach, and timeline. Based on this, they designed and implemented a custom feature in Odoo Online using Odoo Studio and Server Actions to apply a configurable shipping percentage on the sale order total (excluding existing shipping lines), activated via a custom header button that creates or updates the shipping line automatically without duplication.
The first step of this project is to perform a complete analysis of the client's Odoo environment.
Analysis objectives
- To be reassured on the faisability
- Show that we understood their business
- To confirm a budget
- To know and confirm how we will do it
- Know the timeline
Analysis processes
- Business discovery
- Workshops By theme / group of people / domains
- Create the deliverables documents
- Present it
- Handle feedback
Odoo apps deployed
The Odoo suite on this project
All Odoo applications, activated at the pace of the client's needs.
Inventory & Manufacturing
Finance
The results
Benefits & Returns on investment
What the client gained, day after day, once the solution went live.
Time saving
- Centralized organization of financial documents
- Generate quotes in a few clicks
- Quick sharing of documents
- Simplified supply management
- Automation of intervention schedules
Productivity gain
- Centralized management of leads and customers, increasing sales team efficiency
- Smoother order processing with real-time stock tracking
- Clear visualization of performance and key indicators
- Quick access to employee information
Increase in sales
- Improved client satisfaction through faster project delivery
- Better time management that helps allocate resources to the most profitable projects
- Identification of additional needs through ticket analysis
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